It appears that many otherkin are unaware of what makes them different. They just know they are not normal humans.

When I was a child I was taught that ants were anty-mires. Probably all country children were taught the same name for the wonderful insect.

[…] He's arguably the best pitcher on the Mets, the preening sportswriter writes, aspiring to Parnassus, which Red Smith reached by never using words like arguably.

Most authors who have had occasion to describe naphthaline, have noticed its habitudes with sulphuric acid.